New White Paper Calls for Focus on Grid Stability
Posted on Feb 13, 2014 in Energy Savings Programs, Environmental, Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency, Legislative & Politics, Regulation & Policy, Reliability, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on New White Paper Calls for Focus on Grid Stability
Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska recently issued a white paper warning that grid stability is complicated by coal plant retirements, environmental regulations and requirements for integrating renewable energy resources. Senator Murkowski’s paper, which has been praised by some in the industry, calls for policymakers to place grid reliability and affordability at the front of their...
Tri-State Signs Largest Wind PPA To Date
Posted on Feb 6, 2014 in Environmental, Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Tri-State Signs Largest Wind PPA To Date
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association (Tri-State) has signed a 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with a NextEra Energy Resources subsidiary for the output and environmental attributes of the Carousel Wind Farm, a 150-MW wind farm facility to be constructed in eastern Colorado. This facility will be Tri-State’s largest wind energy PPA to date. To learn more about this...
Minnesota Coop Members Allowed to Pre-Purchase Energy
Posted on Feb 4, 2014 in Environmental, Financing, Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency, Project Development, Rates, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Minnesota Coop Members Allowed to Pre-Purchase Energy
Lake Region Electric Cooperative, based in Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, is investing in a community solar initiative through a program that gives its members the chance to buy part of the solar output from the HQ Prairie solar project built at the coop’s headquarters. Participation in the program was offered to members on a voluntary, market-based basis, which the coop hopes will keep...
Colorado Legislature Rejects Delay of Coop Renewables Mandate
Posted on Feb 3, 2014 in Environmental, Legislative & Politics, Rates, Regulation & Policy, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Colorado Legislature Rejects Delay of Coop Renewables Mandate
The Colorado legislature passed a bill in 2013 mandating that, by 2020, twenty percent of power generated by rural electric cooperatives come from renewable sources. Representative Kathleen Conti proposed a subsequent bill that would delay the mandate’s implementation until 2025, but Colorado’s House Transportation and Energy Committee voted 8-5 against Conti’s bill in January. Those...
South Carolina Solar Farm Powering Coops
Posted on Jan 30, 2014 in Project Development, Renewable Energy, Tax | Comments Off on South Carolina Solar Farm Powering Coops
The 3-MW Colleton Solar Farm, last reported by the Sutherland Coop Team on December 26, 2013, is powering coops. Central Electric Power Cooperative, in collaboration with Santee Cooper, will purchase the output produced by over 10,000 photovoltaic panels. Click here for more.
Dairyland to Buy Solar Power from Coop Joint Venture
Posted on Jan 27, 2014 in Financing, Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Dairyland to Buy Solar Power from Coop Joint Venture
As last reported by the Sutherland Coop Team on January 17, 2014, Dairyland Power Cooperative (Dairyland), based in La Crosse, Wisconsin, has agreed to purchase the output from a 517-kW solar facility owned by a joint venture of three Minnesota distribution cooperatives. The deal will allow Dairyland, which currently provides about 12 percent of its members’ energy using renewable...
Iowa Coops in Legal Battle with Solar Energy Company
Posted on Jan 22, 2014 in Litigation, Regulation & Policy, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Iowa Coops in Legal Battle with Solar Energy Company
Public utilities and electric cooperatives in Iowa are arguing in front of the Iowa Supreme Court that a solar energy company has violated Iowa law by installing solar systems on buildings belonging to customers of the utilities and cooperatives and then selling the electricity produced by the systems back to those customers that commissioned the installation. The case will likely...
Vermont Net Metering Program May Be Overhauled
Posted on Jan 21, 2014 in Climate Change, Environmental, Regulation & Policy, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Vermont Net Metering Program May Be Overhauled
Vermont lawmakers are striving to raise the existing cap on the state’s net metering program to match the growing demand for residential renewable energy generation. A bill, approved by the House Natural Resources and Energy Committee last week, offers a fast-track solution ahead of larger changes expected when a federal solar tax credit expires, likely in 2017. The proposed bill...
Dairyland Continues to Pursue Strategic Solar Projects
Posted on Jan 17, 2014 in Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Dairyland Continues to Pursue Strategic Solar Projects
Dairyland Power Cooperative (Dairyland) recently announced a new 517-kW solar facility in Oronoco, Minnesota. While relatively small, the anticipated production characteristics of this solar facility should limit the peak-time burden on other resources. This solar project supplements the solar energy that Dairyland already receives from two smaller solar facilities, located in...
Basin Electric Signs Deal to Add More Wind to Generation Portfolio
Posted on Dec 27, 2013 in Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Basin Electric Signs Deal to Add More Wind to Generation Portfolio
Basin Electric Power Cooperative (Basin Electric) announced on December 20 that it had signed a deal to add 98 MW of additional wind capacity to its generating portfolio. The Campbell County Wind Farm is currently under development in South Dakota and is expected to be brought online in 2015. Electric Co-op Today has the full story.
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